William Lee (Signature)

Lee And Shepard.

By George L. Austin, M.D.

For a quarter of a century the firm-nameof Lee and Shepard has beenfamiliar to the public. During thisinterval of time it has been printedupon millions of volumes, which havegone forth on their two-fold missionof instruction and entertainment.Few publishing houses in America haveachieved a more honorable record, orhave more indelibly left their impress ofgood intentions and of deeds noblydone upon the minds of increasinggenerations. It is of the individualmembers of this firm, both of whomhave grown gray in the business, that Ipurpose to speak in this article. Firstof the senior partner of the house.

Born at the "North End," in Boston,on the seventeenth of April, 1826; earlyput to school, and taken out of it at theage of eleven, at which time he was leftfatherless, the eldest of six children;with a good mother to whisper wordsof encouragement in his ear, wheneverything in the world and the futurebefore him looked dark,—such was thestart of William Lee in life. Thousandsbefore him, and since, have had thesame infelicitous experience; but howfew have had the courage to overcomethe obstacles which he succeeded inovercoming? While other young men ofhis age, many of them his playmates,were planning to fit themselves, by along course of study, for the duties oflife, he was at once confronted with theduties and burd

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